PSD leader Luis Montenegro said this Thursday that the electoral coalition with SDS-PP and PPM is not involved in “any political affairs,” adding that the places of each party on the candidate lists will be known. ” in a timely manner.”
Speaking to journalists in Braga, after a meeting with the rector of the University of Minho, Luis Montenegro also said that this coalition “has historical inspiration and symbolism”, which aims to “revitalize in the political spectrum of Portugal the whole environment and the whole atmosphere that was in the Democratic Alliance Sa Carneiro (AD) in 1979.”
“Over time these places will become known and they will see that there is no political business here. There is a single goal here: to provide a strong, credible, unifying, motivated and hopeful political alternative for change in Portugal.” , He said.
In a statement on Wednesday, the PSD announced that the NPM would join the Democratic Alliance coalition, fully returning the old AD, “to present the country with the reformist and moderate alternative that Portugal needs.”
On the same day, and also in a statement, the NPM said that the party’s National Council met last Monday “to discuss the creation of an electoral coalition with the PSD and the SDS-PP in the framework of the national legislative elections.” dated March 10, 2024.”
“At the meeting in question, the PPP National Council unanimously decided to join the AD-Democratic Alliance coalition in the next national legislative elections, following the successful conclusion of the negotiations that the parties held in the previous weeks, thus overcoming the initial difficulties in formalizing the agreement.” , he adds.
On December 21, it was announced that the presidents of the PSD and SDS-NP were going to propose to their parties’ national bodies an electoral coalition, the “Democratic Alliance”, for the legislative elections in March and the European elections in June. , which will also include “independent individuals”.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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